Awesome Videos

Mental Floss’ List Show lays out the meaning behind some of the acronyms & initialisms of popular brands, people and more. It’ll give you a new reason to hate the USA PATRIOT Act, whether you agree with it or not.

(NSFW: Language) CollegeHumor pokes fun at Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ hit track with this hilarious parody about all of the crap you would otherwise never buy if it weren’t for museum gift shops. Whut? Whut? Whut? Whut?

Darth Vader and other famous baddies take time off from their villainy to find some companionship. Most of them are babies who do nothing but whine, but we would love to go out with Krang.

Shot in Santiago and Pittsburgh, Samm Hodges Illusions is a graceful, multilayered short film that explores optical illusions, memory and the human experience. (Thanks Christine!)

Dallas/Fort Worth interviewer Gordon Keith turns the tables on Zach Galifianakis, with his own take on the cringeworthy journalistic approach of Zach’s own Between Two Ferns.

YouTube historian thepeterson presents the state of American pop culture in 1999. Witness its atrocities (boy bands, Jar-Jar Binks) and gifts to humanity (Snoop and Dre, The Sopranos, Office Space, The Matrix) in one video.

If Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage were reincarnated as a cat and a dog, it might look something his. Good thing their Tested.com team captured the action in 240fps slow motion for the world to enjoy.

Michael Stevens of Vsauce fame speaks to an audience for TEDEducation, yet again teaching us something we never knew we needed to know – and providing a little insight into the popularity of his YouTube channel.

His name may be Seventh, but Hoop Mixtape claims that he’s the best 14-year-old basketball player in the U.S. That’s subjective. What’s not subjective is that he’s just fourteen. Kids these days are mutants. (Thanks Alex!)

Multitalented musician Sarah Schachner performs the theme songs from Halo, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Skyrim, arranging and playing all of the instruments herself, and sounding nearly as epic as the originals.

This sultry, provocative short horror film directed by Husson has more than a little in common with Tony Scott’s cult classic The Hunger. The music, costumes and subject matter channel the style of the 1980s brilliantly.

YouTuber Mizirk put off doing his homework to bring us… whatever this is. He made a program for the Kinect that tracks and hides his nipples. Not weird enough for you? His presentation has that covered.

A short tease for the upcoming sequel to Star Wars: Uncut, a crowdsourced remake of Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. So far, over 1500 participants have contributed. Claim your scene by 05/01/13 and be part of the final film!

BuzzFeed compares the price of common food items in various countries. It’s interesting to see how the country where food seems cheapest is so close to the one where things are painfully expensive.

Director Chris Crutchfield strapped a GoPro camera to his head to shoot the hot and crazy days and nights at this year’s Coachella arts and music festival. That seemed like enough partying to last a lifetime.

A lazy man hears of a wonderful product that automates everyday tasks. Gadget freaks and Internet addicts will be able to guess how this plays out. A wonderfully animated short film made by Auke de Vries.

Chase to Death is a great fan-made trailer for Dead Space. The storyline could go deeper, but overall it is a great reminder of what low-budget indie productions can do these days. Made by Z Pictures.

(NSFW: Language) If you liked his lemon problems, check out Will Sasso’s other 6-second series on Vine, where he impersonates Arnold Schwarzenegger while he’s driving. Though he sounds more like Joerg Sprave at times.

Inspired by the hilarious Beach Boys parody (which sadly has been taken down), TopitoTV took the music video for Daft Punk’s new single and makes the artists sound like drunk wannabes jamming on household items.

Designed by Lucien Langton, the FireWriter is a dot-matrix printer that uses a torch to burn images into a surface instead of ink. Not only is it highly impractical, it’s a major fire hazard. Still, the ink cartridges are a bargain.

(NSFW: Language, Crude Humor) We’ve already seen his hilarious Game of Thrones voices, but here impressionist Steve Love regales us with a larger compilation of his diverse and expansive library of pop culture characters.

Redditor anhydrous claims that their mom’s cockatoo has been trying to kill him for the last 10 years. And that it ate part of his brother’s ear. The crazy-eyed bird even knows when to attack. Cue Jaws music.

(Offensive humor) Nicholas Smal and Gareth Allison turn the tables on Mister Epic Mann’s viral video about how animals eat. Who knew hippos were such douchebags? Seriously though America, stop doing that.